HAMILTON — Hamilton now has a tie to the now infamous NYPD officer dubbed the “Cannibal Cop.”

The FBI said that a Hamilton man conspired with the cannibal cop to kidnap a girl and transport her to his home so that he could rape her.

Preet Bharara of the U.S. Attorney’s office and the George Venizeios of the FBI announced Friday the arrest of 23 year-old Michael Vanhise of Hamilton who allegedly, according to a criminal complaint, was working with 28-year-old Gilberto Valle — the NYPD officer who allegedly plotted to kill and eat women he found using the police database — to kidnap a woman in New York and bring her to his home where she would then be raped.

The complaint alleges that the 23-year-old also participated in the plan to kidnap a minor female.

Vanhise was arrested by FBI special agents at his home in Hamilton and was to appear in Manhattan federal court.

Bharara said in a release, “As alleged in the complaint, Michael Vanhise engaged in conduct that reads like a script for a bad horror film but fortunately, neither he nor his co-conspirators were able to act out the twisted conspiracies described in the complaint in real-life. His arrest today is the second in this bone-chilling case, but we are not finished.”

The FBI said that in a February 2012 e-mail conversation that Vanhise and Valle negotiated that Valle would kidnap the victim for $5,000. Those conversations outlined the plan to render the victim unconscious, bind her hands and feet, gag and stuff her into a suitcase.

Excerpts from the complaint against Valle highlight the grim details where the pair negotiated Valle’s fee for bringing the girl alive.

In which, Valle responded to the question of the fee as “full payment due at delivery.”

Valle goes on to say, “Just so you know, she may be knocked out when I get her to you.”

According to the complaint, the former NYPD officer said that he didnt know how long the solvent he was using would last.

Valle told Vanhise that the girl was his for $5,000 and Vanhise attempted to negotiate the fee down to $4,000.

In an odd twist of fate, Valle told Vanhise that he needed to make sure the girl was not found and said “She will make the news.”

Valle also told Vanhise that he aspired to be a professional kidnapper and he’d have to restrain himself while he knocks her out before binding the girl and stuffing her in a suitcase.

The conversation listed in the criminal complaint makes it clear that the girl doesn’t die before he gets her, to which Valle assured Vanhise telling him, “No need to worry. She will be alive. It’s a short drive to you. I think I would rather not get involved in the rape. You paid for her. She is all yours and I don’t want to be tempted the next time I abduct a girl.”

The complaint also alleges that Vanhise tried to work a trade of some sort, but Valle remained firm saying “No nothing at all. Like I said this is very risky and will ruin my life if I am caught. I really need the money and I can’t take under $5,000.”

Venizelos said in a release that “The seriousness of the alleged conspiracy is self-evident. No effort to characterize the defendant’s actions is necessary. The factual allegations more than suffice to convey the depravity of the offense.”

According to the FBI, Vanhise also e-mailed photos of a female minor whom he knew well to two other co-conspirators who were not named in the release.

The co-conspirators also expressed interest in kidnapping the female minor, who Vanhise allegedly provided an address for. The FBI said that the address gave was in close proximity to the actual home address of the girl.

Vanhise is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, which carries a maximum of life-in-prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. Valle, of Forest Hills New York, was charged in October with one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and one count of nowingly accessing a computer without authorization and exceeding his authorized access, and thereby obtaining information from a department and agency of the United States. Valle’s case remains pending.

The prosecution is being handled by the FBI’s Violent Crimes Unit. The investigation into the kidnapping plot remains ongoing and the FBI noted that both Vanhise and Valle are innocent until they are proven guilty.

CLARIFICATION: Vanhise was originally reported as a Trenton man, The Trentonian has learned that he was living in Hamilton at the time of his arrest.